Think about 1994.
It truly was a moment in time, which could have changed America forever. In fact it started to.
Then, democrats identified a weakness. Well, two weaknesses actually.
The first weakness, and the most damaging - was the shameful lack of teamwork on the right. Rugged individualism is one thing, but it’s important to protect the team.
The second weakness, was finding dirt on the one man driving that change: Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich.
what followed, destroyed that movement, for the next generation:
Republicans ran *away* from Gingrich at the very moment he most needed their support. And then, worse even, ... he quit.
“QUIT”.
And Republicans haven’t stopped quitting, since then. It’s been one giant, slow quit ever since.
That word, has come to define the GOP.
“QUIT”.
Where I grew up, quitters lose.
Well, I live in Massachusetts, and the Democrats here are rattlesnakes, they don’t let go for anything, and play hardball, so I find wimpy, bipartisan, reach across the isle Republicans as clueless dolts that in the words of Yogi Berra, ‘don’t know how to play the game.’
As flaky as Newt was, compare him to Fat Dennis “Coach” Hastert, whom I believe was the longest ever Speaker of The House, and is remembered, right so, for nothing, other than spending.
Michael’s, pre Newt minority leader. Doormat.
HW Bush. Doormat.
Condi Rice. Doormat.
McCain. Nutter.
Mitt. Flip Floppy.
Lott. Nutter.
Palin, Jindal, Flake.... New Names, New blood.